RYAN vs. MFC, SLF, PUK, WTW, PFG, CRBG, BNT, AEG, EQH, and EG
Should you be buying Ryan Specialty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryan Specialty include Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential Public (PUK), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT), Aegon (AEG), Equitable (EQH), and Everest Group (EG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Ryan Specialty vs. Its Competitors
Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Ryan Specialty (NYSE:RYAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Manulife Financial presently has a consensus price target of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.53%. Ryan Specialty has a consensus price target of $71.08, suggesting a potential upside of 30.55%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Ryan Specialty.
Manulife Financial has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.2% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Manulife Financial pays out 56.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryan Specialty pays out 137.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Manulife Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Ryan Specialty has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Ryan Specialty had 22 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Ryan Specialty and 7 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Ryan Specialty's score of 0.10 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 10.46% compared to Ryan Specialty's net margin of 6.81%. Ryan Specialty's return on equity of 48.70% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.
Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Ryan Specialty. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryan Specialty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Ryan Specialty on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RYAN) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
